Armenia

The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund is building a community center in Mushkapat, a village in Artsakh’s (Nagorno-Karabagh) Martuni region. The project is co-sponsored by the fund’s French affiliate and the government of Artsakh. The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund is building a community center in [more...]

YEREVAN—On Dec. 27, 2014, the National Academy of Science of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) held its General Meeting and elected two former scientists of the Yerevan Physics Institute (YerPhI), Razmik Mirzoyan (high energy astrophysics, Germany) and Alexander Khodjamiryan (theoretical physics, [more...]

The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund built an indoor therapy pool and related amenities at the Children’s Home of Gyumri, which shelters and provides care to children with physical and mental disabilities. The project was sponsored by the fund’s Swiss affiliate. The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund built [more...]

YEREVAN—The American University of Armenia (AUA) is pleased to announce that Dr. Armen Der Kiureghian has accepted the position of president of AUA. Der Kiureghian has served as interim president of the university since the departure of President Bruce Boghosian in July 2014. Dr. Armen Der [more...]

YEREVAN, Armenia— On Feb. 2, American University of Armenia (AUA) Instructor Nareg Seferian gave a presentation on the “100 Years, 100 Facts” project, as part of AUA’s 1915 Centennial series. The “100 Years, 100 Facts” project is a joint initiative by Seferian and friend Lena Adishian. [more...]

Special for the Armenian Weekly It seems as if soap making has become all the rage in Armenia. There are olive oil soaps being sold that come from Syria, locals making ones with different ingredients to sell at Vernisaj, Syrian Armenians making them locally, Jordanian-Armenians selling Dead Sea mud [more...]

On Jan. 1, a new law on “Social Assistance to Border Communities” went into effect in Armenia. The measure provides partial subsidies on natural gas, electricity, and irrigation to those living in Armenia’s volatile border regions. Members of the Gomk Agricultural Cooperative However, not all [more...]

Special for the Armenian Weekly This is the last installment in a six-part series I’ve written as a volunteer with the Armenian Environmental Network in Yerevan. The goal of this project was to bring to light some of the exciting work of environmental organizations in Armenia. The country [more...]

Special for the Armenian Weekly YEREVAN—Tensions run high and sorrow besets the Armenian nation one week after the senseless killings of now seven victims in Armenia’s second largest city of Gyumri. Valery Permyakov, who confessed to murdering the Avetisyan family, remains under arrest on the [more...]

Special for the Armenian Weekly My first encounter with Yerevan’s curious accordion-playing visitor took place as I descended the stairs into the cavernous communal area in front of the Hanrapetutyan Hraparak (Republic Square) metro stop that was once a joyful place of gathering during the [more...]